Bruce Jenner's Mother Confirms That Her Son Is Transitioning Into a Woman

"I have never been more proud of him."

After a veritable media frenzy surrounding Bruce Jenner's increasingly feminine appearance, and alleged gender transition, his mother has confirmed that he is becoming a woman.

Esther Jenner, 88, told RadarOnline, "I just learned about [his transition]. Bruce filled me in, and we had a very long, long, long talk about it."

"I have never been more proud of Bruce for who he is, himself as a father, as an Olympian, a wonderful public speaker. He instills enthusiasm in people. He's gifted."

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She added, "I support him wholeheartedly. I just love him like I always have."

Despite her undying support, there is something that Esther does wish she could change about her son: "I hate his hair, I tell him it's ugly. That it's ridiculous," she told MailOnline in November. "I said, 'You know Bruce, you just turned 65 and you're wearing you're hair like you're a teenage rebel.' He laughed, just cracked up, he doesn't pay any attention to me. He's always been single-minded and independent," she continued.

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But mane aside, she says, "'I love him, no matter what. There's such raunchy publicity all the time. I've brought this up to him and he says 'Mom, you can't pay any attention to this stuff,' and I said 'well I want to tell you one thing Bruce, I don't care if what they're putting out is true or false, it's not going to change my love for you,' and it's true that's exactly how I feel."

When it comes to whatever it is that Bruce is going through, we've taken his stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian's stance— yes, in this case, we ardently agree with her.

Kim told Entertainment Tonight, "I think everyone goes through things in life, and I think he'll share whenever the time is right." She added "It's his journey to talk about," and that he's "the happiest" Kim has ever known him.

Bruce, who has six children from his three marriages and has four rather famous stepchildren from his marriage to Kris Jenner, is supposedly backed by his family. "Of course we support Bruce one hundred percent," Kim said.

While we're still wary of accepting these stories as anything more than speculation until Bruce himself speaks out, if it is true that he is transitioning and that will be the focus of his docuseries, then, go Bruce! What he's doing could have the potential to inspire, or at least educate, many people. It's one thing to allow cameras to follow you around while you're golfing or playing with model airplanes (yes, those exciting things do happen on Keeping Up With The Kardashians). However, as far as his alleged gender reassignment is concerned, like Kim said, that's very much his story to tell.